Software Development Manager

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobes all about. We give everyonefrom emerging artists to global brandseverything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! Were passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images videos and apps and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

Were on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization and we know the next big idea could be yours!

The Opportunity

As a Software Development Engineering Manager you will lead a team building customer-facing SaaS applications developed with a foundational generative AI this role youll guide a group of dedicated engineers in delivering intelligent scalable and creative software experiences that bring real value to marketing-focused customers.

Youll work closely with product managers applied research teams and other engineering leaders to deliver applications built with a generative AI-first approach. As a key member of the engineering management team youll be responsible for mentoring engineers driving technical excellence and ensuring consistent delivery of high-quality reliable and innovative software. Come join our team!

What youll Do

• Drive consensus between product management design and clients to define and refine the product roadmap user experience priorities and schedule.
• Take ownership of the development life cycle closely supervising progress identifying risks and opportunities and ensuring access to senior leadership when needed. Navigating challenges and providing clear insight into the products status will be essential to its success.
• Foster a culture that values teamwork a passion for emerging AI technologies and accomplishment celebration to encourage collaboration and drive innovation. Your leadership will contribute to a positive and productive work environment.
• Facilitate team effectiveness: You will guide and coach a team of highly skilled web and backend engineers providing technical mentorship unblocking challenges and celebrating their achievements. Your role is to ensure they are building the right things in the right way and help expand their impact each day.
• Build proposals for the creation and enhancement of our processes and technology roadmaps in your designated areas as well as across our management organization especially crafting quality excellence in our applications.
• Play a pivotal role in attracting hiring onboarding and retaining exceptional engineers and grow them professionally and personally.

What you need to succeed

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience)
• 7 years in engineering with 2 years of recent experience leading software engineering teams preferably with knowledge of technologies/languages in the team stack (Python Lit Kubernetes Azure/AWS GitLab etc.).
• Excellent technical skills in evaluating systems architecture particularly using extensive knowledge of full-stack technologies
• Experience delivering generative AI applications especially AI Agents.
• Expertise creating a culture of engineering excellence by owning the quality scalability and reliability of services through rigorous testing validation and monitoring practices.
• Passion for collaborating with design teams from concept to production is important. Demonstrate success in effective communication and collaboration between engineers and designers.
• Collaborate and adapt to different cultures time zones and work styles.

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In addition certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

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